Kovar, forced by Emeris to sentence trusted, loved soldiers to their death…. Went into the Avatar’s service and perhaps then discovered the truth behind how the Avatar lives? Then loyalty to Seren became not merely programmed or perhaps he never was programmed. (I’m such a supposer.)

Not from me, hahah. Heck, I’ve a friend who will read slash into two guys going in opposite directions on sidewalks across the street from each other. “You see how they deliberately don’t look at each other?!”